2014 Overwriting Textual's shortcuts
If you are anything like me, you are connected to a large number of IRC networks and the accompanying channels. As it happens, I'm also developing for the web …
Read the post2014 Fixing things - the ugly way
Because sometimes it's just easier to find a dirty workaround than actually fixing the underlying problem. The problem: For some unknown reason pywhatauto is …
Read the post2014 Pick a random file from a directory
AKA. Which movie should I watch today? Unfortunately the version of sort shipped with Mac OS doesn't include the -R / --random-sort option and shuf doesn't …
Read the post2014 Running OpenVPN with OpenVZ
Just filing this away for future reference. If you want to run OpenVPN within a OpenVZ container you'll have to setup the iptables rules for the correct …
Read the post2014 Make calibre updates less annoying
If you are dealing with ebooks you are probably aware of Calibre. It's ugly and a pain to use but it's currently the only application to use if you are serious …
Read the post2014 Backup your server with Tarsnap
Regular and automated backups are hard to get right if you are not on a Mac using TimeMachine. There are multiple ways to keep and maintain backups on a linux …
Read the post2014 Using Newsbeuter to read your RSS feeds
After the shutdown of Google Reader I was in desperate need of a new feed reader. After using Feedbin for a few months I finally settled on Newsbeuter. It's a …
Read the post2014 Deploy websites using git
This guide explains how to deploy to a remote server by pushing to a remote git repository which is using a custom post-receive hook to checkout the contents …
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